Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Business (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
September 24, 2017
During choir rehearsal last Wednesday evening, Ben commented on the unusual piano introduction to Rutter’s “To Everything There is a Season.” He said he was not sure what it meant, but that he was sure it meant something! What do you think it means? Listen again …
(Miah plays on the piano the first twenty-four measures of the piece.)… Continue reading ...
That you may have life (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
John 20:30-31
April 23, 2017
That you may have life …
That through your faith in him, through your faith in Jesus, you may have life. Then or now? Someday or today? After you die or here and now?
The gospel makes no distinction: that you may have life, then and now, someday and today. … Continue reading ...
The marks of a great nation (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Jeremiah 31:7-14
January 4, 2015
Sing with joy for Israel, the greatest of the nations …
Do you have a problem with that? Do you have a problem with calling Israel the greatest of the nations? Does it seem to you … presumptuous? Chauvinistic? Prideful? Does this claim by a Hebrew prophet about his own nation make you uncomfortable?… Continue reading ...
Your heart’s desire (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
2 Kings 5:1-15
July 3, 2016
What is your heart’s desire?
To win the lottery? To move into a bigger and better house? To move to Maine? No, I don’t think so. You are not that shallow. The desires of your heart run deeper than that.
Is it your heart’s desire to finally get the recognition and respect that you deserve? … Continue reading ...
Open the gate! (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 16:19-31
September 25, 2016
Audio excerpt from Clarence Jordan, “The Rich Man and Lazarus”
(http://www.believersjournal.org/sermons/wp-content/uploads/ClarenceJordan.mov)
πλουσιος (plousios) and πτωχος (ptochos) … rich man and beggar … one they party with and one they spit on … one clothed in the finest fabrics and latest styles and one clothed in sores … one feasting sumptuously — sumptuously!… Continue reading ...